The '''Brown Lands''' was a region east of the [[Anduin]] between [[Mirkwood]] to the north and the [[Emyn Muil]] to the south.<ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref> When seen by the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] as they drifted by in boats upon the great river, the Brown Lands were long, formless slopes with a withered look, having no trees or even grass. What had caused such desolation not even [[Aragorn]] could tell.<ref>{{FR|II9}}</ref>

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The '''Brown Lands''' or '''Noman-lands''' was a region east of the [[Anduin]] between [[Mirkwood]] to the north and the [[Emyn Muil]] to the south.<ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref>

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Later, [[Treebeard]] told of the [[Ents]] crossing the Anduin in search of the [[Entwives]], who had worked in their gardens there before it became a desert after the passing of war. [[Treebeard]] appeared convinced that the Entwives were not all destroyed but were "lost".<ref>{{TT|III4}}</ref> Their ultimate fate remains a mystery.

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The area was the home of the [[Entwives]] who made their gardens there; but during the [[War of the Last Alliance]] at the end of the [[Second Age]], they were driven away when [[Sauron]] ruined the land during the [[War of the Last Alliance]], against the advance of the [[Last Alliance|Allies]] down the [[Anduin]].<ref>{{L|144}}</ref> Thenceforth the area became a desolate desert. The [[Ents]] vainly had crossed the Anduin in search of the [[Entwives]]. [[Treebeard]] appeared convinced that the Entwives were not all destroyed but were "lost".<ref>{{TT|III4}}</ref>

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Even by the end of the [[Third Age]], when seen by the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] as they drifted by in boats upon the great river, the Brown Lands were long, formless slopes with a withered look, having no trees or even grass. What had caused such desolation not even [[Aragorn]] could tell.<ref>{{FR|II9}}</ref>

Even by the end of the Third Age, when seen by the Fellowship of the Ring as they drifted by in boats upon the great river, the Brown Lands were long, formless slopes with a withered look, having no trees or even grass. What had caused such desolation not even Aragorn could tell.[4]